Textile Mills That Got Relief from the Madras High Court Last December Regarding Payment of Networking Charges To the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) for Rooftop Solar Energy Installations Are In A Quandary AS and Recent Circular by the Tamilnadu Power Distribution Corporation Asked the Superintending Engineers to Continue Levying Networking Charges from All Low Tension (LT) and High Tension (HT) Consumers Who Use the Grid for Solar Rores.
S. Jagadesh Chandran, Secretary of the Spinners South India Spinners (Sispa), told the Hindes that representatives of the association met last week with the Chairman and CEO of Tangedco and were looking for relief on the matter.
“We don’t know what to do. The High Court bench has remained for one textile mill order issued by the Madras High Court in December 2024.
“All Superindinding engineers are asked to continue collecting network charges from all HT/LT consumers who operate their roof solar generators with TANGEDEDCO support (although the dependence on the grid is intended for reference voltage).
Textile mills use renewable energy sources and reduces their production costs and increases the competitiveness of the mill. So TNPDCL should not collect network fees of all mills. December 2024 The Sispa case command is a great relief for textile units, he said.
Industry sources have told the Hindes that almost 50% of energy consumption of 70% of textile mills in Tamil Nadu comes from renewable energy sources.
Published – May 20, 2025 9:12
